Great News – More Frequent DCPAccess Sales and Dates Have Been Confirmed! (Denver – Discounted Theater Tickets)
While not free, the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) allows the DCPA (Denver Center for the Performing Arts) to offer discounted tickets tickets to spectacular DCPA shows for as little as $25 ($21.19 ticket (inclusive of a 10% city seat tax) pl(us 18% service fee)!
For the last couple of years, the next DCPAccess Sale Date would be once a quarter but looks like DCPA is making a change with more frequent dates and they have already posted the SIX Dates with new sales and shows being added on a rolling basis! And don’t worry, I’ll drop a post a week before the next sale dates to remind you =)
Be forewarned that tickets go FAST so get signed on and ready to BEFORE the sale starts!
How to get your DCPAccess tickets
- Visit the DCPAccess sale web page.
- Select “BUY TICKETS” link for the show you’d like to see
- Select wheelchair-accessible seating, ASL sections, or Audio Description services, if needed
- Complete your transaction
- Receive your ticket(s) via email and enjoy the show!
Good to Know For DCPAccess Sale/tickets
- Available online or at the Bonfils box office for a limited time.
- Tickets and classes will go fast!
- To ensure a smooth buying experience, a digital waiting room may be implemented.
- Should you encounter this messaging when visiting our website, please be patient. You’ll be released onto the site to make your purchase as soon as possible.
- Best practice is to be signed on and ready to buy BEFORE the sale starts at 12 PM (noon)
- Seriously, get logged on way before noon to have get a place in the queue!
Terms and Conditions
- The price you see is the price you’ll pay including the base ticket cost, all fees and city seat tax.
- Prices for Broadway, Cabaret, Theatre Company and Off-Center shows vary. For example, with the 10/2025 DCPAccess sale, Lion King tickets were just $35
- Limit 4 tickets per show.
- DCPAccess ticket prices listed are only valid for select performances and within select Price Levels.
- Not valid on previous purchases and cannot be combined with other offers.
- Show tickets and classes cannot be purchased within the same order.
- All sales are final and refunds are not permitted.
- Exchanges are subject to availability and may incur additional ticket costs in addition to exchange fees.
- Read all DCPA ticketing terms and conditions: https://www.denvercenter.org/terms-and-conditions/
Septemer 22, 2026 DCPA SFCD Access Sale Shows
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!
- PRICING: $TBA
- DATES: October 23 – December 20, 2026
- THEATER: Randy Weeks Conservatory Theatre
- TYPE: Book Adaptation, Musical, Young Audiences
- RUN TIME: Approximately 1 hour with no intermission
- ADVISORIES: This production includes: flashing lights, loud noises, smoking on stage, haze
- AGE RECOMMENDATION: This production is part of the DCPA’s Theatre for Young Audiences program, which focuses on performances tailored for Pre-K through 3rd grade audiences.
- ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCE: ASL-Interpretation & Audio Description: November 8 at 1:30pm
- SHOW INFO from DCPA’s website:
- Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! is a hilariously interactive stage adventure straight out of Mo Willems’ beloved, award‑winning book. When a determined, delightfully mischievous Pigeon sets their heart on driving a city bus, chaos and comedy ensue! Bursting with playful songs, vibrant characters, puppets, and laugh‑out‑loud surprises, this high‑energy musical invites children and grown‑ups alike to sing, shout, and laugh along. Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus . . . but let them star in a musical!
- Written by best-selling children’s author, Mo Willems, and packed with playful music by Deborah Wicks La Puma, this lively stage adaptation brings the world of the famous Pigeon picture books to flapping, laughing life. With catchy songs and groovy dances, the Pigeon pleads, squawks, and tries every trick in the book all the way through the show.
- Perfect for first-time theatergoers and fans of the books alike, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! is a joyful, giggle-filled introduction to live theatre—more fun than your average commute!
What a Glorious Feeling!
- PRICING: $TBA
- DATES: November 7, 2026 – April 4, 2027
- THEATER: Garner Galleria Theatre
- TYPE: Musical
- RUN TIME: Approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission
- ADVISORIES: TBA
- SHOW INFO from DCPA’s website:
- This intimate play with music is a fictional account of what might have taken place behind the scenes during the making of the classic film Singin’ in the Rain.
- There’s lightning in a bottle but a storm behind the scenes at the studio where Gene Kelly begins work on the film. He’s determined to keep both his longtime collaborator Stanley Donen and trusted assistant Jeanne Coyne on set… despite the fact that they’ve just divorced, and Coyne appears to carry a torch for Kelly. To top it off, their producer is wrestling with the studio for resources, and newly hired co-star Debbie Reynolds can’t even dance. One of the greatest movie musicals of all time is born in this inventive backstage show featuring the classic music, songs and dance of Golden-era MGM.
November 17, 2026 DCPAccess Sale Show
A Christmas Carol
- PRICING: $TBA
- DATES: November 25 – December 27, 2026
- THEATER: Wolf Theatre
- TYPE: Musical, Family Friendly
- RUN TIME: Approximately 2 hours with one 15-minute intermission
- ADVISORIES: Includes period language and ghost scenes that may frighten younger guests. Stage fog and haze are used. Strobe lighting is used approximately 25 mins into Act I and 37 mins into Act II.
- AGE RECOMMENDATION: Recommended for ages 6+. Children 4+ are welcome in our theatres; all patrons must have a ticket.
- ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCE: ASL-Interpretation, Audio Description, & Open Captioning: Dec 6 at 1:30pm
- SHOW INFO from DCPA’s website:
- Essential to the holiday season in Denver, A Christmas Carol is a joyous and opulent musical adaptation for the whole family that traces money-hoarding curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge’s triumphant overnight journey to redemption.
- Based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel, the DCPA Theatre Company’s production is “a splendidly festive tradition” (BroadwayWorld) that illuminates the meaning of the holiday season in a way that has resonated for generations.
January 5, 2027 DCPAccess Sale Shows
WORLD PREMIERE: bogfriends
- PRICING: $TBA
- DATES: January 15 – February 21, 2027
- THEATER: Singleton Theatre
- TYPE: Theatre Company, Drama, Play, World Premiere
- RUN TIME: Approximately 1 hours and 20 minutes with no intermission
- ADVISORIES: Mature themes, including theatrical violence, death, and staged intimacy
- POST-SHOW TALKBACK: Jan 27, Feb 9 and 18
- ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCE: ASL-Interpretation & Audio Description: Jan 31 at 1:30pm
- SHOW INFO from DCPA’s website:
- Tanner & Archie are struggling to keep history alive. Finn & Cillian are making plans for their future. Osgar & Irial died a long (long) time ago. When something buried deep in an Irish bog unexpectedly surfaces, these six souls are bound together by love, loss, and ancient peat.
- Why do we return to the people that hurt us – and can we ever really start fresh? In bogfriends, the question of whether we can live with the rot of our past becomes comically, achingly real.
WORLD PREMIERE: How to Conquer America: A Mostly True History of Yogurt
- PRICING: $TBA
- DATES: February 5 – 28, 2027
- THEATER: Kilstrom Theatre
- TYPE: Comedy, World Premiere, Play, Theatre Company
- RUN TIME: Approximately 1 hours and 40 minutes with no intermission
- ADVISORIES: Mature themes, including strong language and sexually charged language
- POST-SHOW TALKBACK: Feb 16 and 25
- ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCE: ASL-Interpretation & Audio Description: Feb 14 at 1:30pm
- SHOW INFO from DCPA’s website:
- Arlene is a pro at controlling the narrative. As an ambitious research assistant in 1975, she created the ad campaign that transformed yogurt from a strange foreign laxative into a lucrative American phenomenon. It would be a success story for the ages—it would—if only her dead dad could stay on script. Can Arlene wrangle this victory lap back on course, or will her father unravel the story she’s written for herself? How to Conquer America: A Mostly True History of Yogurt wrestles with culture, family, and identity in a heartfelt, dairy-filled take on the American Dream.
February 16, 2027 DCPAccess Sale Shows
Once
- PRICING: $TBA
- DATES: April 2 – May 2, 2027
- THEATER: Wolf Theatre
- TYPE: Theatre Company, Drama, Musical
- RUN TIME: Approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission
- ADVISORIES: Mature themes, including language, alcohol use and sexual innuendo
- POST-SHOW TALKBACK: Apr 6, 11, and 19
- ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCE: ASL-Interpretation, Audio Description, & Open Captioning: April 25 at 1:30pm
- SHOW INFO from DCPA’s website:
- Based on the critically acclaimed film and featuring a soaring folk-rock score performed live on stage, Once is a breathtaking, Tony Award-winning musical that reminds us that the right song—and the right person—can change everything.
- On the streets of Dublin, a heartbroken Irish songwriter meets a Czech pianist who won’t let him sell his guitar. By the end of one fateful week, their unexpected bond evolves into a powerful but complicated love story that speaks straight to the heart. The only musical to have won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Olivier Award, and a Tony Award, Once is an achingly beautiful and uplifting story that continues to strike an unforgettable chord.
- “Pure, moving, inventive and irresistible; a study in how to beautifully adapt a movie to the stage.” – Associated Press
March 23, 2027 DCPAccess Sale Shows
And So We Walked: An Artist’s Journey Along the Trail of Tears
- PRICING: $TBA
- DATES: Apr 16 – May 23, 2027
- THEATER: Singleton Theatre
- TYPE: Theatre Company, Play, Drama
- RUN TIME: Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission
- ADVISORIES: Mature themes, including language, theatrical violence, and charged racial themes
- POST-SHOW TALKBACK: May 6, 11, and 19
- ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCE: ASL-Interpretation & Audio Description: May 2 at 1:30pm
- SHOW INFO from DCPA’s website:
- DeLanna Studi, a Cherokee performance artist, writer, and activist, dreamed of one day tracing the footsteps of her ancestors along their path of forced relocation, and finding a way to share their tragic yet triumphant legacy with audiences around the country.
- In a captivating, tour-de-force solo performance, she embarks on that 900-mile journey with her aging father, hoping to truly understand her own identity and her relationship to the modern Cherokee Nation. But doing so might require her to reckon with parts of herself she’s not ready to face. Slipping deftly between the past, present, and dream world, And So We Walked is a powerful and inspiring theatrical memoir that draws on extraordinary interviews, history, and the artist’s personal experience traveling the Trail of Tears.
- “ A powerful, sobering, heartfelt theatrical experience.” – BroadwayWorld
Dial M for Murder
- PRICING: $TBA
- DATES: April 30 – May 30, 2027
- THEATER: Kilstrom Theatre
- TYPE: Theatre Company, Play, Drama
- RUN TIME: Approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission
- ADVISORIES: Mature themes, including theatrical violence, mild sexual innuendo, and smoking
- POST-SHOW TALKBACK: May 20 and 26
- ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCE: ASL-Interpretation & Audio Description: May 16 at 1:30pm
- SHOW INFO from DCPA’s website:
- An unburied secret. A deadly trap. A flawless alibi. Tony Wendice is confident he has planned the perfect crime. Before the night is over, he’ll have enacted revenge on his cheating wife, bested his infuriating rival, and landed a financial windfall in a single, brilliant maneuver – all without so much as a single drop of blood on his cufflinks. But when his clever scheme unexpectedly goes awry, Tony’s twisted web of deceit, jealousy, and betrayal threatens to ensnare them all.
- A suspenseful new spin on Hitchcock’s classic cat-and-mouse thriller, Dial M for Murder will have you on the edge of your seat.
- “Hatcher’s adaptation has gone on to be one of the most-produced plays! – BroadwayWorld
April 20, 2027 DCPAccess Sale Shows
*Only Sale Date has been announced so far
Is It Really Possible to Score Tickets From a DCPAccess Sale?
Yes! I was able to get a ticket to Lion King in January 2026 and tickets to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on April 7 2026 for $35 EACH (including fees!)
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